Building a social networking site
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- ukit0
- sherm0
i think its pretty easy with codeigniter or other frameworks especially if you understand what you need to do and are using the proper db schema...
one foot in front of the other
- omg0
can you build the facebook killer?
- Gordy220
Bump - from scratch, how long? I know now long is a piece of string, and all that, but...
- SteveJobs0
how many people are involved? what's their skill range? again, with a project like this, less is more, but each person should have considerable respective experience to bring to the table.
some *very* rough time estimations:
1-3 people ~ 4-6 months (serious talent - experience in social media and at least 10 years in respective field. all entrepreneurial ambition)
4-7 people ~ 5-8 months (talented professionals with at least 5 years of experience each - all passionate about their work)
8+ people, at least a year or more (typical corporate hodgepodge with ranging skills and product/project managers to keep things moving.)
- vaxorcist0
Similar to my guesses.... but I would add 20% for the random surprise factor.....
Note that adding more people to a late project makes it even later. Ecause of all the explaining tgat has to happen....
Good people are the key.... and note that great programmers are rarely loved by management as much as "yes men" ..... great programmers are often uncomfotable in meetings....
I am scared of programmers who are too comfortable in meetings....
A big project is like a woman having a baby... one woman takes nine months to have a baby and you can't rush it and you cannot simply hire 9 women for one month and get a baby
- Continuity0
Someone on the previous page mention in a note about why people would want to use this particular social network. If your client is serious about this, and they're willing to invest money into this enterprise, it seems to me a strategic planner is a must-have on this team. Maybe even two. Strategic planners are best able to answer the question 'why'.
A solid project manager is also essential, cos this is a huge undertaking.